The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the Lakhimpur Kheri case that saw the killing of eight persons, including a group of farmers (RE- VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE)..A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli will hear the matter tomorrow..In the wake of the violence, two lawyers from Uttar Pradesh had written a letter to CJI NV Ramana seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).In their letter, Advocates Shivkumar Tripathi and CS Panda also sought a direction to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure the registration of an FIR in the matter as well as punishment to the guilty parties involved in the incident..An FIR has already been registered against the son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra and several other persons in connection with the Lakhimpur violence. Eight people were killed on Sunday during a farmers' protest; four of the dead were part of a convoy of BJP workers who were allegedly thrashed to death, while the other four were farmers.Farmer leaders have claimed that the minister's son Ashish Mishra was in one of the cars which knocked down and ran over some protesters.
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the Lakhimpur Kheri case that saw the killing of eight persons, including a group of farmers (RE- VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE)..A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli will hear the matter tomorrow..In the wake of the violence, two lawyers from Uttar Pradesh had written a letter to CJI NV Ramana seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).In their letter, Advocates Shivkumar Tripathi and CS Panda also sought a direction to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure the registration of an FIR in the matter as well as punishment to the guilty parties involved in the incident..An FIR has already been registered against the son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra and several other persons in connection with the Lakhimpur violence. Eight people were killed on Sunday during a farmers' protest; four of the dead were part of a convoy of BJP workers who were allegedly thrashed to death, while the other four were farmers.Farmer leaders have claimed that the minister's son Ashish Mishra was in one of the cars which knocked down and ran over some protesters.